Year: 2021

The Daily Mirror says The UK has recorded more than 37,000 Covid infections amid fears over the ‘Nu’ variant which has now reached Europe.

The Metro says Elliot Page gave his Instagram followers something to stop scrolling for with his latest shirtless selfie.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex trafficking trial starts today in New York.

She is accused of sex trafficking several victims for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The papers and online news sites are reporting heavily on what has been dubbed ‘the trial of the century’. The papers have a fairly mixed reporting on Maxwell for the severity of accusations against her. Some of the papers have a more sympathetic tone and suggest she was a pawn in Jeffery Epstein’s game whilst others have already deemed her guilty.

The Sun isn’t mixing its words, with its headline stating the ways she could “escape justice”.  

The Guardian runs an interview with Maxwell’s brother who suggests the trial is ‘over-hyped’. 

The Independent’s headline reports Maxwell could ‘face decades in jail’ whilst the Daily Express suggests Maxwell will take to the stand to ‘save her life’. 

The Daily Express says GHISLAINE Maxwell says she is ready to take the stand in her child sex trial which starts in New York, USA today.

The Guardian says Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking trial is ‘over-hyped’ says her brother who called it “most over-hyped trial of the century”.

The Sun says Ghislaine Maxwell is due to face 4 alleged victims in the dock tomorrow as her sex-trafficking trial gets underway.

The Independent says The six-week trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is set to begin in New York City on Monday.

The Guardian says Officials investigating one of the first cases in the UK of the Omicron coronavirus variant are searching for potential contacts as far back as nine days ago.

The Independent says Sheridan Smith reportedly became “upset” after being interviewed on The Jonathan Ross Show.

The Metro says An independent cinema has been shut down by the Welsh Government for refusing to comply with coronavirus rules.